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'M. D. $WBENEY. MONEY CHANGING MAGHINE.

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MONEY CHANGING MAGHINE.

No. 463,375. Patented-Nov. 17,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT. @FFICE.

MICHAEL D. SWEENEY, OF BERKELEY, RHODE ISLAND.

MONEY-CHANGING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,375, dated November1'7, 1891.

- Application filed September 8, 1890- Serial No. 364,244. I (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MIoHAEL D. SWEENEY, of Berkeley, county ofProvidence, State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement inMoney-Changing Machines, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve machines of the classemployed for holding and delivering money; and the particular featuresof which my invention consists will be hereinafter described, and setforth in the claims.

Figure 1 shows in plan view amachine em:

bodying this invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section taken on the dottedline 00 00, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken on the dottedline m 00', Fig. 2 5 and Fig. '4 shows one of the carrying-plates byitself.

Referring to the drawings, the inclosing case A, of desired shape andconstruction, has secured to its inner side walls the brackets a, (seeFig. 2,) which support the baseplate or, provided with a series ofholes,which receive the lower ends of the vertically-arrangedcoin-receiving tubes 1). The tubes 1) vary in diameter to accommodatecoins of various sizes and project upwardly to the top of the casing, asshown in Fig. 2, where each tube has substantially one-half cut away, asshown, and is fitted with an inclined table 1), leading to itscut-away'portion or mouth, and having the converging side walls 12 to behereinafter referred to. The base-plate a has bolted or otherwisesecured to its under side a bottom plate a cut away beneath each tubeZ2, leaving openings 0. (see Fig. 3,) of depth equal to the thickness ofthe coin for that tube, and the said openings a receive thehorizontally-movable carrying-plates a each plate having a hole a", (seeFig. 4,) of equal diameter with the inside of its coin-tube b, withwhich it normally registers. Each carrying-plate a has ears or stops aat or near its opposite ends to limit the movement of the plate ineither direction, and at its front end the said plate has connected toit the link a,

connected at its opposite end to one arm of the angle-lever or key M,pivoted at a in a frame a", carried by or secured to the bottom plate a(See Figs. 2 and 3.) The several angle levers or keys a are acted uponby the spiral or other springs a which return the said keys andcarrying-plates always to their normal positions, as shown. The keys atare fitted with suitable finger-tips a, which may indicate, as shown,the denomination of the coin controlled thereby. Achute c conducts thevarious coins as they are withdrawn from their respective tubes to aconvenient point, preferably below and slightly in front of the casingA, as shown.

In practice the tubes 12 are filled with coins, each tube containingcoins of a different denomination, the lowermost coin in each tuberesting upon the bottom plate a and surrounded laterally by thecarrying-plate a, (see Fig. 2,) so that when the said plate is moved itwill carry with it the coins. When it is desired to make a certainamount in change as, for instance, thirty-six cents-the keys marked 25,l0, and 1 are depressed, and, acting through their respectivemechanisms, will withdraw from the tubes a twenty: five-cent, ten-cent,and one-cent piece, dropping the same in the chute 0, when they willslide into the hand placed at its mouth. Any other amount may as well beselected.

An important feature ofmy improved machine is the contracting of theoperating-keys into a small space at one point, so that two, or even allof them, may be operated at one movement of the hand. In machines as atpresent constructed it is necessary to go through as many operations ormovements as there are pieces of money to be delivered, the pieces beingdelivered one at a time, While in my device all the pieces may bedelivered at once. The inclined tables b are ofmaterial assistance inplacing the coins in the tubes,'which may be done as they are received.

I have herein represented the casing as provided with several pockets dfor the reception of bills and notes.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the particular constructionherein shown, as the same may be varied without departing from the scopeof the invention.

I claim 1. The combination, with a casing, of coinreceiving tubes 19,substantially one-half of provided with side walls b each tubeprojecting upwardly to the top of the said casing, the other half ofeach tube being cut away below said top, and the inclined table 1),leading to said cut-away portions and converging to said cut-awayportions, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a casiu g and tubes 1), of the carrying-plate(0, having liiniting ears or stops a at or near its end, the rigid linksa, keys a and the springs a acting upon said keys to operatesubstantially as described.

3. A easing, tubes 1), having cut-away portions, and the inclined tables1), leading to said cut-away portions and provided with

